Interested in learning about what it’s like to build a career as a director? Bring your questions and chat with TDM alumni working in theater and film about finding work opportunities, making your own projects, building your professional network, and more!

Guests for this TDM Career Chat include Ian Andrew Askew ’19 and Jacob Roberts ’19.

Register below. This event is open to Harvard students only.

If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation to attend, please contact Theater, Dance & Media at tdm[at]fas.harvard.edu.

ABOUT THE PANELISTS

Ian Andrew Askew is an artist working in music, theater, and performance. Recent projects include SLAMDANCE (Performing Garage, The Kitchen), Until Other Times (JACK), and Sorry John Henry the song has no end (developed in residency at Hubbard Hall, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and Wake Forest University). Ian co-sound designed and performs in KLII by Kaneza Schaal and Christopher Myers (Walker Art Center, REDCAT, Chelsea Factory). As an assistant director, they have presented work with Lincoln Center, The A.R.T., The Metropolitan Museum, Detroit Opera, Spoleto Festival, LA Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Carolina Performing Arts. ianandrewaskew.com

Jacob Roberts is an LA-based filmmaker who tells queer stories from a skewed, often comedic perspective. He is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where he wrote multiple musical comedies for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and won the Jonathan Levy Award for the most promising actor at the University. For his short film HALF, he received Outfest's Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Award and Austin Film Festival's Blackmagic Collective Emerging Filmmaker Award. Jacob is the founder of Nice & Easy Pictures, and his first feature film as a producer and lead actor, RENT FREE, will premiere in 2024.